Seaton Tramway
This week's Saturday Timewatch features Seaton Tramway, east Devon, just over the county border from Dorset.
The photo shows Tram # 6 departing Colyton Station for the three mile run along the River Axe estuary to the coastal resort of Seaton. This tram was built in 1954, based on the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay style open-topper. Tram # 10 in the distance is much more recent, built in 2002 and based on design elements from both Plymouth and Blackburn tramcars.
Seaton and District Electric Tramway is quite an eclectic operation. It is is a 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) narrow gauge that operates over the southernmost part of the old railway branch line from Axminster to Seaton. As a result of the Beeching axe, the line closed in 1966. However, just three years later it was sold by British Rail to Claude Lane who in various ways had been involved with tram operations throughout his adult life. At that time the track was converted to the narrow gauge that still operates today.
Wondering why the trams look so small? They are half-scale replicas of classic British trams from various cities! The whole operation is a grand day out.
Flickr Explore # 210 on Sunday, July 30, 2017.
Seaton Tramway
This week's Saturday Timewatch features Seaton Tramway, east Devon, just over the county border from Dorset.
The photo shows Tram # 6 departing Colyton Station for the three mile run along the River Axe estuary to the coastal resort of Seaton. This tram was built in 1954, based on the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay style open-topper. Tram # 10 in the distance is much more recent, built in 2002 and based on design elements from both Plymouth and Blackburn tramcars.
Seaton and District Electric Tramway is quite an eclectic operation. It is is a 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) narrow gauge that operates over the southernmost part of the old railway branch line from Axminster to Seaton. As a result of the Beeching axe, the line closed in 1966. However, just three years later it was sold by British Rail to Claude Lane who in various ways had been involved with tram operations throughout his adult life. At that time the track was converted to the narrow gauge that still operates today.
Wondering why the trams look so small? They are half-scale replicas of classic British trams from various cities! The whole operation is a grand day out.
Flickr Explore # 210 on Sunday, July 30, 2017.